there could be two problems. 1. you have specified incorrect partition number... which is almost certainly out of question since you copied the lines from the original configuration...
2. you probably specified to build the root filesystem [generally its ext2) (or even ext3 if you are like me...) into "modules". That doesnt work, since atleast the root filesystem needs to be inbuilt into the kernel(i.e. say "y" rather than "m" for the root filesystem that you use). basically the idea is that the modules are "read" from the root filesystem, so if you read even the root filesystem modules from the root, it becomes more of a chicken vs egg problem, thereby causing the error... if i messed up in analysis, probably an exact description of the error that you get could help. affly robins On Mon, 2003-07-21 at 14:59, D.Venkatasubramanian, Noida wrote: > Hi, > > I have installed RHL 9 on my machine. As I required a kernel without version > support, I decided to compile a new one. I created a directory /home/all and > copied the kernel sources into it from /usr/src/linux### and compiled the > kernel in /home/all/linux###. Followed the steps given, make menuconfig, > make dep, make modules_install exactly as gien in the README ... > > Well, everything went off smoothly, no make errors of any kind. Then I > copied the kernel, to /boot/ with a new name mylinux. > > The problem is I can't boot into this kernel using grub. I added a new entry > similar to the already present entry. Then I even used rdev to specify the > root device, but still am unable. I tried all combinations, including : > > title Linux_something > root (hd0,8) > kernel /boot/mylinux > > It says Kernel Panic : cannot mount root fs or something like that. > > What could be the problem? Should I build the kernel in /usr/src/linux### > directly. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Regards, > > Venky > > PS : ### is the version number. > > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > _______________________________________________ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
